Parties, Movements, and Democracy in the Developing World

Herausgeber: Bermeo, Nancy; Yashar, Deborah J

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Produktbeschreibung

This comparative study uses case material from four continents to highlight the role of political parties and social movements in founding and sustaining democracy in the developing world. By concentrating on the civilian collective actors that shape regime outcomes, it espouses a theoretical framework that moves beyond purely materialist explanations.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 241
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781316610053
• ISBN-10: 1316610055
• Artikelnr.: 50761713

Inhaltsangabe

1. Parties, movements and the making of democracy Nancy Bermeo and Deborah
J. Yashar; 2. The content of democracy: nationalist parties and inclusive
ideologies in India and Indonesia Maya Tudor and Dan Slater; 3. Social
cleavages, political parties, and the building of performance legitimacy in
Southeast Asia Erik Martinez Kuhonta; 4. Democratic divergence and party
systems in Latin America's third wave Kenneth M. Roberts; 5. Strong
parties, weak parties: divergent pathways to democracy in sub-Saharan
Africa Rachel Beatty Riedl; 6. Parties in transitional democracies:
authoritarian legacies and post-authoritarian challenges in the Middle East
and North Africa Ellen Lust and David Waldner; 7. Mechanisms matter Nancy
Bermeo and Deborah J. Yashar.